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Libertarian candidate for Kansas governor set for 2 day tour

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Kansas Libertarian Party

Keen Umbehr, Libertarian candidate for Kansas Governor, will embark on a whirlwind two-day tour of eastern and central Kansas on the morning of Saturday, Oct 4th. The tour will stop in 34 Kansas communities where Mr. Umbehr will visit with folks and provide campaign materials to those who would like them.

Although the aggressive 34-city schedule will not allow Mr. Umbehr to stay very long at any one location, he is looking forward to meeting those who come out and answering as many questions as possible before moving on to the next community.

“I have heard so many times that people are tired of professional politicians who will not answer their questions”, said Umbehr. “I will come to your community to answer your questions and all I ask in return is the opportunity to earn your trust and your vote.”

Saturday, October 4th
City Arrival Location

Topeka, 7:30 AM, Classic Bean, 2125 SW Fairlawn Rd
Lawrence, 9:00 AM, Runaway Pony B&B, 603 Tennessee St
Tonganoxie, 9:30 AM, The Coffee Depot, 626 E. 4th Street
Leavenworth, 10:15 AM, Pullman’s Place, 230 Cherokee
Bonner Springs, 11:00 AM, Daylight Donuts, 619 E Front St
Lenexa, 11:35 AM, Blackdog Coffee House at 12815 W 87th St Pkwy
Olathe, 12:10 PM, Old 56 Café, 912 S Chestnut St
Paola, 1:30 PM, Molly’s Table, 117 S Pearl St
Louisburg, 2:00 PM, The Coffee House, 408 W. Amity
Fort Scott, 3:15 PM, Common Grounds, 116 S. Main
Pittsburg, 4:00 PM, Spellbound Bookstore and Café, 202 Centennial Dr
Baxter Springs, 5:00 PM, Cowtown Days
Columbus, 6:45 PM, Norma’s Café, 218 E Maple St
Independence, 8:00 PM, Montgomery County Courthouse, 217 E. Myrtle
Winfield, 9:45 PM, Cowley County Courthouse, 311 E 9th Ave
Derby, 10:45 PM

Sunday, October 5th
City Arrival Location

Derby, 7:00 AM
Wichita, 7:30 AM, The Good Egg, 2141 N Bradley Fair Pkwy
Augusta, 9:00 AM, McDonald’s, 520 W 7th Ave
El Dorado, 9:45 AM Daylight Donuts, 1243 W Central Ave
Newton, 10:45 AM, Norm’s Coffee Bar, 125 W 6th St
Hutchinson, 11:45 AM, Pizza Ranch, 1805 E 17th Ave
McPherson, 1:15 PM, Craft Coffee Parlor, 120 N Main St
Lindsborg, 2:00 PM, The Old Grind, 113 N. Main Street
Salina, 2:45 PM, Moka’s South, 2424 S. 9th Street
Minneapolis, 3:30 PM, Mity-Quik, 121 N Mill St
Beloit, 4:30 PM, Banner Restaurant, 720 N Bell St
Concordia, 5:30 PM, Pick up dinner
Belleville, 6:00 PM, Bel-Villa Family Restaurant, Hwy 36 & 81
Washington, 6:45 PM, Casey’s General Store, 113 W 7th St
Marysville, 7:30 PM, Pony Express Statue
Blue Rapids, 8:00 PM, Weaver Hotel
Manhattan, 9:00 PM, A. J.’s Pizza, 301 Poyntz Ave
Wamego 9:45 PM Columbia Theatre
Alma, 10:15 PM, Keen’s Office

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October 1, 2014

Libertarian Party submits statement in opposition to Oregon "top two"

Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark submitted the below statement in opposition to Oregon's "top two" ballot Measure 90 for inclusion in the state's voter pamphlet.
The pamphlet is being mailed to each voter household in the state in advance of the November election.

Vote No on Measure 90

Oregon 2014 Statewide Ballot Initiative

Measure 90 takes away your choice.
Imagine a store where you can buy Coke, Pepsi, juice, energy drinks, water, and many other beverages. But you go back to the store in November and can only buy Coke or Pepsi. Or, even worse, only Coke and Diet Coke. You don't drink soda, but that's all they have because Coke and Pepsi were the most popular beverages earlier in the year.
You wouldn't put up with a store that didn't let you buy juice because it wasn't one of the top two beverages. Why put up with it when choosing political leaders?
How much choice do you have when the only two candidates on the ballot in November are two Democrats, two Republicans, or one of each?
That's what happens in California and Washington where only two candidates on Election Day is the law. General elections have only two candidates, often from the same party: two Democrats or two Republicans!
Robber barons in the 1800s passed laws to give themselves an economic monopoly. They used laws to corner the market, raise prices and rake in lucrative profits — without competition getting in their way.
Proponents of Measure 90 want a political monopoly. They want to shield their favored candidates — usually incumbents — from competition. They want to pander to their special-interest pals — without political challengers getting in their way.
Proponents claim Measure 90 will increase voter turnout in primary elections. But after California passed this law, the 2014 primary election had the lowest voter turnout in history.
Measure 90 greases the skids for incumbents and multi-millionaires while practically outlawing grassroots candidates who offer voters fresh choices from new political parties, Democratic and Republican challengers, independents, and write-in candidates.
Many measures could substantially improve voter participation, but Measure 90 will make things worse. It hands elections to incumbents, millionaires, and elites while silencing the voice of everyday workers, taxpayers, and citizens.
Vote No on Measure 90.

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September 29, 2014

Libertarians sue Kentucky public television for First Amendment violation
A federal constitutional lawsuit, filed today against Kentucky Educational Television in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, stems from its new exclusionary policy regarding public debates, eliminating Libertarian participation. The plaintiffs in the case are Libertarian David Patterson's campaign for U.S. Senate, the Libertarian Party of Kentucky, and the Libertarian National Committee..
"I firmly believe that there is something wrong here," Patterson said of the new debate inclusion criteria. "An Open Records Request showed that KET modified the criteria multiple times during the campaign season. The suspicious timing and ever-increasing thresholds seem to be created to ensure I didn't get to participate. They knew what the ramifications of those changes would be, and chose to act anyway."
Under the last version of the criteria, only Democrats and Republicans would have ever previously qualified to participate in KET's debate. The ACLU has called on KET to use the original criteria, under which Grimes and McConnell were invited and under which Patterson qualifies for the debate.
Attorney for the plaintiffs Chris Wiest stated, "Certainly public broadcasters like KET are entitled to impose objective criteria for debate participation, but what they cannot do and what KET internal email indicated they did, is impose such criteria to engage in viewpoint discrimination with the purpose to exclude particular candidates in contravention of the First Amendment."
Carla Howell, political director of the national Libertarian Party, noted that support for political alternatives is extremely high. "Recent polls show that 53 percent of Americans don't think Democrats or Republicans represent Americans, and that 58 percent of Americans want an alternative party. Numerous polls also show that Americans want what the Libertarian Party delivers: much less government and more freedom."
Ken Moellman, state chair of the Libertarian Party of Kentucky, raised ethical concerns. "Beyond any of the legal questions, the ethical ramifications of KET's actions are clear; they have violated five of the nine planks of their mission statement, as they acted to mute the voices of a growing political movement. Based on polling, at least 250,000 Kentuckians will have their voices squelched by KET's new criteria. As a taxpayer funded organization, they have a great responsibility to act impartially and to reject pressure — whether implicit or explicit, internal or external — to squelch alternate political viewpoints."

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David Patterson is the Libertarian Party of Kentucky's 2014 U.S. Senate Candidate. More information about David Patterson's campaign can be found at david4senate.com.
The national Libertarian Party works to dramatically reduce taxes and government spending, maximize personal freedoms, and stop unnecessary foreign interventions. Its website is LP.org.
The Libertarian Party is the third largest party in Kentucky. Founded in 1973, LPKY promotes individual liberty though free markets and social tolerance. Its website is LPKY.org.

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Libertarian campaigns in Ark City

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Keen Umbehr, right, shakes hands with Karen Macon, of Winfield. Larry Alley, of Winfield, a Republican running for House District 79, is in the background. Ed Trimmer, the Democratic incumbent in that district, also was at the center. (Donita Clausen/Traveler)

Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2014 12:00 am

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Keen Umbehr, the Libertarian candidate for Kansas governor, met voters Thursday morning at the Arkansas City Senior Citizens Center.

Umbehr, an Alma attorney, called the 2012 income tax cuts signed by Gov. Sam Brownback unfair because they shift the burden onto workers by eliminating the tax on some businesses, including law practices such as his. 

Umbehr gained legal notice as the plaintiff in a 1996 case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and upheld free speech rights for contract workers. Umbehr told the Traveler that he hopes the popularity of independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman will help his third-party candidacy at the polls on Nov. 4. His campaign Web site is www.KeenForKansas.com.

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Dear Shawn,
Libertarian poll numbers across the country continue to raise the hackles of the old parties — and they're running scared.
Now they're fighting dirty.
As your chair, I'm committed that when the Libertarian Party puts a candidate on the ballot, we'll follow through to keep them on the ballot. And if our opponents cheat, we're going to fight back — and fight back hard.
In New York, we're mounting a legal defense to keep Libertarian Gigi Bowman on the ballot.
In Illinois, we fought back frivolous challenges from Republicans to keep our slate of candidates on the ballot.
And now they're fighting us in Kentucky.
Our opponents are violating the law to exclude David Patterson, Libertarian candidate for Senate, from appearing in a televised debate in the highest-profile Senate race in the country. He's up against a Democrat and Kentucky Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
I won't go into details, but there are some "smoking guns" in this case that show they're breaking the law to suppress our candidate.
We must file a lawsuit immediately. This could have ramifications to all our candidates who are being excluded from debates.
We can expose their dishonest and underhanded maneuvers. But I can't do it without your help.
Our Legal Offense Fund is down to only $2,000. The lawsuit in Kentucky is going to cost $9,000.
I will not spend money we don't have. If you want to see us in this fight — if you are as committed as I am to show the old parties that if you hit a porcupine, it hurts — I need your financial support.
When we authorized this lawsuit at the Libertarian National Committee meeting this weekend, committee member Guy McLendon wrote a $500 check on the spot to support it. He knows how powerful this could be, he knows what the "smoking guns" are, and he knows how much earned media we will get from this. I need you to join him.
Click on the link to give your best contribution to our Legal Offense Fund. I promise you that every dollar we receive from this fundraiser will be spent on legal offense.
We're going to bring the fight to the old parties in Kentucky and in any other state where corrupt politicians and their cronies in the media break the law to fight us.
We're going to show them that they can't suppress our Libertarian candidates' bold message to cut government and advance liberty — or hide how weak the old-party politicians really are.
We need to file a lawsuit this week. I can't do it without your contribution today.
Please donate today to the Legal Offense Fund and help us fight back!
Yours in liberty,

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P.S. — We had a wonderful grand opening of the Libertarian Party's national headquarters this past weekend. Our party is here to stay, and the headquarters is a concrete sign of that. We've sent a message to the old parties, and they're scared.
P.P.S. — With your support, we can fight back in Kentucky to get Libertarian David Patterson into the debates against Republican Mitch McConnell — and open doors for more Libertarians in debates. Please donate today.

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From KMUW Radio

Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Umbehr Speaks At WSU

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Libertarian candidate for Kansas Governor Keen Umbehr spent some time with a political science class at Wichita State on Tuesday. Umbehr will face incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback and Democrat candidate Paul Davis in the upcoming November election. KMUW’s Abigail Wilson was in the classroom…

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The group of students in Tuesday’s presentation were both interested in and entertained by Libertarian candidate for governor Keen Umbehr, who, while standing in front of a hastily erased chalkboard, told students how he went from being a trash collector to a battle-hardened attorney. He paced back and forth at the podium as he addressed the class.

“Now most polls, they don’t include me. They include Brownback and Davis. What kind of legitimate poll is that? What if they just include me and Davis and cut Brownback out--would that be a legitimate poll?" Umbehr asks. "No. We’ve been campaigning for over a year now.”

Supports of Keen Umbehr hold up signs at the gubernatorial debate at the 2014 Kansas State Fair. Umbehr did not participate in the debate.

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If elected, Umbehr says he will demand that a fair tax law be passed. He has repeatedly questioned the fairness of a tax policy that he says allows 191,000 Kansas businesses to pay no state income tax, while wage earners carry the burden.

“This tax policy the governor has is insidious," he says. "1.4 million people that earn payroll checks are going to pay all the income tax. What’s the Fourteenth Amendment say? Equal protection under the law. Does that sound like equal protection under the law? No."

Umbehr is running as a conservative Libertarian. He was registered as a Republican until August of last year. A poll released Monday by Rasmussen Reports lists the Kansas election for governor as a toss up and says the race is tighter than it’s been all year. Umbehr’s name was not included in the poll data.

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September 24, 2014

President Obama starts another war in violation of Constitution

President Barack Obama has taken the United States to war, now in Syria and Iraq, in violation of the U.S. Constitution — just as he did in Libya in 2011.
"Whatever differences they may claim, Democratic and Republican politicians are aligned when it comes to foreign meddling," said Nicholas Sarwark, chair of the Libertarian National Committee. "President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush both resort to war in the end."
The president cites the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force to justify dropping bombs 13 years later. But its approval by Congress applied only to nations or groups that "planned, authorized, committed or aided" the 9/11 attacks. The Islamic State (IS) did not exist in 2001 and is an enemy of al Qaeda.
Even if the AUMF could be applied, the Constitution requires that Congress vote specifically on a declaration of war before engaging in military action. For the same reason, the 2002 Iraqi War was also illegal.
Last week, congressmen and women refused to vote on a war declaration. Instead they authorized funding to arm and train "appropriately vetted" Syrian fighters.
"This is wildly reckless and irresponsible," said Sarwark. "The old parties in Congress just spent $20 billion arming and training Iraqi soldiers, only to see U.S. military weapons land in the hands of the Islamic State. This new measure could end up arming future enemies in Syria as well."
Obama has admitted that IS presents no immediate threat to the United States.
"The bigger threat is endless war and a heightened risk of terrorist attacks on U.S. citizens as a result of military intervention," Sarwark said.
The Libertarian Party and its candidates call for getting out and staying out of Iraq and Syria.

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